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2) Machu Picchu
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Series
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English
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Examines the exploration and study of Machu Picchu. Explores the lives of the site's builders, traces its discovery and scientific investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts.
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Children of the lamp volume 5
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423 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Djinn twins John and Philippa, along with their Uncle Nimrod, travel to the Amazon jungle to try to recover a stolen collection of rare Incan artifacts.
5) The Incas
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xxiii, 389 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
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English
6) National Geographic investigates ancient Inca: archaeology unlocks the secrets of the Inca's past
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64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
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English
Description
"Shows how ancient treasures help scientists today to piece together the puzzle of the Inca's past. Includes Inca pottery, textiles, and the mummy called the Ice Maiden."--From source other than the Library of Congress.
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1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Centuries ago, they performed miraculously technical brain surgery, built modern irrigation canals, made agricultural discoveries still used by modern man, and were master builders ... the Incas were mysterious people, once ruling half of South America.
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1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"In the years since Machu Picchu was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911, there have been countless theories about this Lost city of the Incas, yet it remains an enigma. NOVA joins a new generation of archaeologists as they probe areas of Machu Picchu that haven't been touched since the time of the Incas and unearth burials of the people who built the sacred site"--Container.
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